Illustration of a wheelchair here in the corridors of a hospital. - C. Allain / 20 Minutes

70-year-old American man suffering from Covid-19 and hospitalized for two months in Seattle (northwest) had the unpleasant surprise of receiving a 181-page bill totaling more than a million dollars, Seattle daily revealed on Saturday Times . Michael Flor was admitted on March 4 to the Swedish Issaquah Medical Center in Seattle. He stayed there for 62 days, passing so close to death that the nurses had held the phone one evening with which his wife and two children were saying goodbye.

I thought that my $ 320,000 # COVID19 hospital bill was hefty - but the $ 1.1 million bill of Michael Flor, the longest-hospitalized #COVID patient, makes mine look like chump change.https: //t.co/bb72x3WTUP#coronavirus #hospital # hospitals #healthcare

- David Lat (@DavidLat) June 13, 2020

But he recovered and he left the establishment on May 5, under the cheers of the nursing staff. His heart, however, "nearly stopped a second time" when he received a 181-page long bill totaling more than $ 1.1 million, he told the daily.

He shouldn't have to pay back

The bill details the care which was administered to him and their price: 9,736 dollars per day for the room in intensive care, nearly 409,000 dollars for its transformation into sterile room because of the contagiousness of the coronavirus during forty-two days, 82,000 dollars for the use of an artificial respirator for twenty-nine days, or $ 100,000 for "last chance" care, when his life-threatening condition was engaged for two days.

Michael Flor, who benefits from Medicare, health coverage for seniors, should not have to take out his wallet, according to the Seattle Times . The gigantic plan of assistance to the American economy adopted by the Congress includes a 100 million dollars budget to compensate the hospitals and the private insurances having treated the patients victims of Covid-19.

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